4 Maccabees 6:1-3

Common English Bible

Eleazar endures torture

6 When Eleazar had answered the tyrant’s arguments, the soldiers who were standing by hauled him off to the instruments used for torture. ² First they tore off the old man’s clothes, though he was still decently dressed by his respect for God. ³ They tied his arms behind him and began to whip him from both sides